Roland Huntford

Race for the South Pole

The Expedition Diaries of Scott and Amundsen

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In 1910 Robert Falcon Scott and Roald Amundsen set sail for Antarctica, each from his own starting point, and the epic race for the South Pole was on. December 2011 marks the centenary of the conclusion to the last great race of terrestrial discovery. This title presents each man's full account of the race to the South Pole in their own words.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Continuum
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 187290
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. November 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 237mm x 156mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 552g
• ISBN-13: 9781441126672
• ISBN-10: 1441126678
• Artikelnr.: 33177723

Autorenporträt

Roland Huntford is the world's foremost authority on the polar expeditions and their protagonists. He is the author of the award-winning Two Planks and a Passion: the Dramatic History of Skiing and Scott and Amundsen: Last Place on Earth and he is the biographer of Shackleton and Nansen. He was the Scandinavian correspondent on The Observer for many years.

Inhaltsangabe

Figures Acknowledgements Note on the Text Dramatis Personae Abbreviations Introduction The Race for the South Pole Epilogue Glossary Notes Bibliography Index

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